A 42-year-old Cheswick woman is locked up in the Butler County Prison after state troopers say she attacked three men at a home on the 100 block of Monks Road in Clinton Township on Monday, leaving one victim with a swollen shut eye, a cut to the face, and bruising. Christina Nash now faces a stack of charges including aggravated assault, two counts of simple assault, and three counts of harassment following the altercation.
According to ButlerRadio.com, Nash is accused of punching one of the men in the face with her fists and then throwing a computer chair at him, injuries the victims say came from that same confrontation. That man was taken to a local hospital for treatment, per the outlet's report. Investigators also noted in charging documents that blood found on Nash's clothing did not belong to her, the station reports.
Rural Township Relies on State Police for Response
Because Clinton Township has no municipal police department of its own, the call to Monks Road was handled by Pennsylvania State Police troopers rather than a local force. The township formally turned down an offer of police coverage from neighboring Saxonburg Borough back in September 2024, according to the Butler Eagle, leaving the Butler Barracks as the primary agency for emergency response and criminal investigations in the area. Patrols and serious criminal calls throughout the township fall under the jurisdiction of troopers assigned to Troop D, as the Leader Times has noted. Fire and medical rescue coverage in the township comes instead from the volunteer firefighters of the Saxonburg Volunteer Fire Company, per Butler County records.
Clinton Township itself is a sparsely populated stretch of southern Butler County, covering roughly 23.6 square miles with a population of 2,913 as of the 2020 U.S. Census, according to Wikipedia. Nash's home borough of Cheswick sits in Allegheny County, roughly 15 to 20 miles south across the county line, the same source notes, putting some distance between where she lives and where the alleged attack unfolded.
What Nash Is Facing in Court
The most serious charge against Nash, aggravated assault, is graded under Pennsylvania law as a first- or second-degree felony, carrying potential sentences of up to 20 or 10 years in prison depending on whether serious bodily injury occurred or a deadly weapon was involved, according to ARM Lawyers. The two simple assault counts are typically classified as second-degree misdemeanors, punishable by up to two years in prison and a $5,000 fine, per Fairlie Law. Pennsylvania's harassment statute, which covers physical contact like striking, shoving, or kicking, is generally graded as a summary offense or third-degree misdemeanor carrying up to 90 days or a year of incarceration, according to Ilkhanoff & Silverstein.
Nash remains held at the Butler County Prison, a county-run detention facility on South Washington Street in downtown Butler, instead of $15,000 bail. Her preliminary hearing is scheduled for September 9, when a magisterial district judge will determine whether prosecutors have established a prima facie case to send the felony and misdemeanor charges to the Butler County Court of Common Pleas, according to Margetas Legal.
It remains unclear what relationship, if any, Nash had with the three men she is accused of attacking, or what sparked the confrontation on Monks Road. The condition of the hospitalized victim has not been publicly updated.
